#38BAD4#38BAD4

#38BAD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.115 H 214.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BAD4
RGB	rgb(56, 186, 212)
HSL	hsl(190, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(190, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 12.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.97, -26.14, -23.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.97, 34.91, 221.52°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% -0.0947 -0.0645)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.115 214.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.0684, 40.7083, 68.4947)
Luminance	0.4071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BAD4 #D45238

analogous

#38D4A0 #38BAD4 #386CD4

triadic

#38BAD4 #D438BA #BAD438

tetradic

#38BAD4 #A038D4 #D45238 #6CD438

square

#38BAD4 #A038D4 #D45238 #6CD438

split-complementary

#38BAD4 #D4386C #D4A038

monochromatic

#1A6878 #2594AA #38BAD4 #6ACBDF #9DDDEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#38BAD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#38BAD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BAD4

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BAD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BAD4	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B4D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A4D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bad4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.115 214.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cfe1',
    500: '#38bad4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bad4;
$custom-light: #85cfe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bad4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73079,
    "c": 0.11457,
    "h": 214.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BAD4

secondary

#D69D92

accent

#5C40E7

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BAD4

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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